spring peeper calling on Apr. 20 at Monticello (GM). Whirligigs, water boatmen, salamander, and frogs in silt traps in Monticello on May 6th (GM). Many snowshoe hare this year (3 or 4 at a time and up to 6) at Monticello in Apr. (GM). Coast Guard vessel and number of sealing vessels off Monticello on Mar. 21 (GM).

Birds: Northern Gannet - many at Monticello on May 1 (GM); Great Blue Heron - 1 at mouth of Cow River on Apr. 10 (GM), first CS seen for spring at Hamilton on Apr. 19 (CS); Little Blue Heron - 1 white form seen for several days at Summerside Harbour on Jun. 6 (BeS); American Bittern - 1 at Lake Verde on May 9 (CS); Canada Geese - 1 at Monticello on Mar. 9 (GM), single adult seen with 5 goslings at Mount Albion ponds in mid-May (HJ); Wood Ducks - at Pisquid Pond and Dalvay lagoons on May 30 (RC, JDM, LT, RP); Scoter - flock off East Point on May 18 (JL); Red-breasted Merganser - 2 o" and 6 9 at East Point on May 5 (GM); Northern Goshawk - 1 at Watervale on May 24 (CS); Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 around feeding station at Monticello on Mar. 9 (GM); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Watervale on Apr. 25 (CS); Golden Eagle - an unconfirmed report was received from Hampshire on May 31 (HB); Bald Eagle - immature seen hunting from Donagh in vicinity of Jenkin's Ponds to Route 21 in Glenfinnon on May 5 (JDM), 2 adults and 1 immature at East Point on May 5 (GM), 1 seen landing with a large eel at Naufrage in May (GM, P&AM), 1 caught a large eel at Pisquid Pond on May 30th. lifted it from the pond and flew to a muskrat lodge where it landed and tried to kill the eel with its beak, the squirming eel dragged the eagle off the lodge three times before the eagle killed it, then the eagle flew off with the eel (JDM, RC, LT, RP); Northern Harrier- '1 at Monticello Apr. 3 & 1 2 on Apr. 10 (GM), 3 (2 d' & 1 $2) at Monticello on May 17 (GM), 1 seen most days near Fullerton's Marsh and in Donagh in May and 1 at French Village on May 17 (JDM); Merlin - 1 in Donagh on May 3 (CS), 2 at Cape Monticello on May 3 (GM), 1 on Jul. 1 in Donagh (CS); American Kestrel - 3 at East Point on May 5 (GM); Ruffed Grouse - male strutting across road in Donagh on May 7 (JDM); Gray Partridge - 2 in West Royalty on May 3 (JDM), 2 at Glenfinnon on May 5 (JDM); Sandhill Crane - R. MacDonald reported to GM on Jun. 7th that one was present for 3 weeks in hay field at East Point and confirmed by GM, 1 at East Point on Jun. 10 (DSh) & 1 flying at East Point on Jun. 15 (JW); Virginia Rail — 1 at York on May 29 (CS); Sora Rail - 1 at St. Teresa on May 10 (CS); Semi-palmated Plover - 1 at Monticello on Apr. 10 (GM); Piping Plover - seen 31 on Jun. 23 - 4 full broods of 4 chicks plus at least 10 adults at Canavoy (JW) plus two adults and 3 nearly fledged young at Savage Harbour (JW); Killdeer - 1 at Village Green on Apr. 21 (CS); American Woodcock - 3 doing displays at Monticello on Apr. 10th and also doing displays on Apr. 20 (GM); Common Snipe - winnowing on Apr. 21 at Monticello (GM); Willet - at Mermaid on May 9 (CS); Greater Yellowlegs - 1 at York on May 11 (CS); Black-headed Gull - 1 probable immature with brownish head reported at Covehead on Jun. 23 (CS, KM); Bonaparte's Gull - 2 at Covehead Harbour on Jun. 23 (CS) ; Common Tern - 2 returned to Hillsborough Bridge Piers May 8 and over 30 on May 18 (JDM); Mourning Dove - cooing in Beach Grove area since late April (JDM); Snowy Owl - very few reports this past winter; Short-eared Owl - 1 at St. Theresa on Apr. 21 (CS), 1 at East Point on May 5 (GM); Barred Owl - one on electric pole top then hunting in Mermaid last week of June (RPh, JDM); Northern Saw-whet Owl - 2 calling on Apr. 10th at Monticello (GM); constantly calling at Monticello on clear moonlight nights in late Apr. (GM), calling regularly in May in Donagh (JDM); Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 at Monticello on May 15 (GM); Black- chinned Hummingbird - unconfirmed report of one at feeder on Jun. 8th in wooded lot at Hampton (DMacQ); Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1 0‘) at Cape Monticello on May 2 (GM), 1 at Lake Verde on May 11 (CS); Yellow-shafted (Northern) Flicker - calling and drumming at Monticello on Mar. 20 (GM), many at Monticello on May 2 (GM); Pileated Woodpecker - DMacA reported seeing one at a nest hole near the Stanhope Cemetery along the Bubbling Springs trail in Apr. (RC); Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 was seen in Melville in early May (RL via RC); Yellow- bellied Sapsucker - 1 at Watervale on May 24 (CS); Eastern Kingbird - 1 at Middleton and 1 at Carleton/Borden on May 22 (CS), 2 hawking insects at Blooming Point on Jun. 29 (JDM); Alder Flycatcher - 1 May 24th at Watervale (CS), 1 calling at Monticello on Jun. 14 (GM); Tree Swallow - 2 at Monticello on Apr. 25 & 3 on May 1 (GM); Black-capped Chickadee - pair mating in alder bush at Glenfinnon on May 5 (JDM); Winter Wren - 1 at Donagh on May 5 (CS), 1 singing joyoust along Aeneas River on May 6 (GM); Northern Mockingbird - 1 Apr. 14 at Fort Augustus and Apr. 18 at Donagh (CS), 1 in early Jun. at Millcove (CS), 1 at Stratford on Jun. 3 (TC), 1 at Cherry Valley on Jun. 23 (CS); Gray Catbird - 1 at Mill Cove on May 30 (CS); Brown Thrasher - 1 at Monticello on May 17 (GM) American Robin - carrying grass to build a nest in White Spruce on edge of lawn on Apr. 26 (JDM), 1 on May 7 at Carleton/Borden (CS); Veery - 1 at Watervale on May 24 (CS); Eastern Bluebird - 1 at Monticello on May 6 (BCh, GM); Ruby—crowned Kinglet - singing at Monticello on May 2 (GM); Northern Shrike - 1 at Monticello on Mar. 20 (GM); Solitary Vireo - 1 at Monticello on May 17 (GM); Red-eyed Vireo - 1 at Watervale on May 10 (CS); Black and White Warbler - feeding in tree on lawn in Wellington on May 10, 1 at Watervale on May

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